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Ell

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Middle-aged and decrepid female living in Vancouver BC with her 19 year old teenmonster.The Teenmonster is called Rob and turns 20 this year. He is sweet, funny, goofy, nutz, loving, smart.....the absolute apple of my eye. We have had quite an adventure, he and I.......long may it continue!Working for fabby bunch of Geo-scientists, new to the area, so busy settling down, laying down roots and getting into the Vancouverite way of life.Cool so far.

My Interests

Music, movies, mayhem and madness( and alliterations!)

I'd like to meet:

I got my MySpace Layout at HerMyspaceLayouts.com.

Music:

Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC,Led Zepplin, David Bowie, Joe Cocker, AC/DC, Queensryche, Thunderpants,Fair Warning, John Hiatt, Groove Armada, VDGG, Rush, ELO, ELP, Moby, Morcheeba, Pink martini, Ray LaMontagne, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Sydney Bechet, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, The Manhatten Transfer, The Rat Pack.

Movies:

movies with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson usually excite; Un Homme et Une Femme, Leon, The Departed, Heat, Donny Brasco,The Yearling, Princess Bride.....Now Voyager, The Searchers......Bus Stop.....Ferris Buellers Day Off, Little Miss Sunshine, Ronin, Green Mile, Young Frankenstein, The Boondock Saints, Some Like it Hot, Stranger than Fiction, Ghostbusters ( What did you do Ray?), 300 - This is Sparta!!

Books:

Love that literary kick Tell me the title of a book or the name of an author you think I should read....OK so I was lazy and should have written more...made the effort....would it sound pretentious if I said I just read Herodotus Histories? ...or finally finished Crime and Punishment recently? I like trashy crime novels too.....and page turners like Harlan Coben, Lee Child, Michael Connelly........I dont like the big romance novels....but then again I do like the odd bodice ripper such as Phillipa Gregory... :o)

Heroes:

Rob, Dawn Weiner.

The Picto-Personality Test



You are a person who is very calm and kind. You go out of your way to help people who need your help.

When alone, you are introspective. You constantly reflect on your life and the world.

You are laid back. Anything goes, with you.

In the future you will be happy and live richly.

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My Blog

Under Milk-hoof

Long long ago when I was a rookie copper and still wet behind the ears.  When my uniform still scratched me and my white starched collars rubbed the hairs off the back of my neck......when.....
Posted by Ell on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:00:00 PST

Dates and Disasters Part 1

Well Marty and Pamnesia did it.....so now I want to.... ( petulant face). Richard Marshall was known as 'Dick' by his ( alleged) friends.  He was 6'6, sex on a stick as far as I was concerned and...
Posted by Ell on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:23:00 PST

O Tell Me The Truth About Love ( A poem by W H Auden)

O Tell Me The Truth About Love ( Thanks to Marty's Friend Daisy for reminding me about this little gem)Some say that love's a little boy,And some say it's a bird,Some say it makes the world go round,A...
Posted by Ell on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:55:00 PST

Evenin' All..........

People often ask what made me do the police thing.  This is me attempting to explain . For background  purposes I was a 'Special' copper for 11 years.  Specials are police volunteers, t...
Posted by Ell on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:55:00 PST

Socks and Sandals

If I have one thing to ask of the male population in Vancouver this summer, it's please dont wear your sandals with socks........ If you want to wear sandals with long trousers....it's fine...you dont...
Posted by Ell on Fri, 18 May 2007 09:27:00 PST